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She Atlanta Stammal VOLUME XX. AUSTRIA ASKS TRUCE ON FIELD: TURKEY IS OUT 45,000 TEUTONS TAKEN; VITTORIO, ASIAGO AND SACILE ABE CAPTURED PARIS, Oct. 31. —(4 P. M.) —Austrian prisoners now total more than 45,000. it was officially announced here this afternoon. Three hundred .guns hare been captured and more than 100 villages liberated. * * WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. —Fifteen Austrian divisions operating be tween the Brenta and the Piave, on the Italian front, have had their retreat cut off through the capture of the mountain pass of Vedal by Italian and allied troops. Official wireless dispatches from Rome today say the advantage is be ing pressed to the utmost and that a crisis is near. Enemy losses are de scribed as appalling. Occupation of the valley of Quero by the Italian army corps operating north of Vai Dobbiadene threatens Feltre, and exposes the Austrians in the Grappa region to a flanking movement which, it is said, will compel imme diate retirement. The Third Italian army on the Lower Piave is reported advancing stead ily, in the face of desperate resistance. In all, more than 1,000 square kilometers of Italian territory was re conquered yesterday, and apparently the whole front is being driven north ward. The dispatches flatly deny the Austrian claim that territory across the Piave is being evacuated voluntarily. ♦ ♦ * VIENNA, Wednesday. Oct. 30. —Today's official statement reads: • Southeastern theater: Tjie.^stfrn wing u£ our forces is ajamating Serbia snd already has completed the recrossing to the northern bank of the Dan ube. Our rearward march toward the Fave and the Drina continues accord ing to plan. The enemy follows nowhere. The rear guard of our Albanian * torces has only had to repulse isolated bands.” ♦ ♦ * LONDON, Oct. 31.—The entire Italian front is ablaze, a Central News dispatch from Rome says. All the Italian armies now are in action. z|e afe ROME, Oct. 31.—Italian troops have entered Sacile, the war office an- * nounced today. • Thousands of additional prisoners have been taken. * "We have reached'Fravalie, Ursago, Gairina and Oderzo,” the state ment said • •'We have entered Sacile. • Asiago has been evacuated. "Thousands have been taken prisoner and we have captured many guns and liberated numerous towns. “We carried Pone di Piave.” AUSTRIANARMIES IN ITALY FACING MAJOR DISASTER WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE. Oct. 31.—The French and Brit- Uu attacked this morning in tne direc* t.on of Ghent. The battle is reported to be going well. The antes were last reported about four miles west of Ghent, which is the principal Belgian railway base remain ing in German hands west of Brussels Antwerp. NEW YOKE. Oct. 31. —(Summary or ..uropeau Gabies IO the Associated I*.ess./ —Disaster thiealeus the Austlu lluasarian arm.es trom the s»tei\ io to ... Ad..alio as Uiey retreat lloat Ital ian territory. All the Italian armies uuw have entered the great oftens*ve against the Austrians and tne lilted uuops ate advancing rapidly aiong the entire irunt from Garda to the Adriatic. *. r ighting activity on .he western front remains at a virtual standstill. There " nave been only isolated actions at sev eral points. Shattered by the irresistible rd van?® of the Italians. B rlUi> h and F:e:i< h across me I’iave. 'the Austrians are ileeing rapidly across the plains of east ern Venetia toward the line of isonzo, • from which they advance! one year ago. American troops are participating :n the adv :m- •• ■ the Itali c tenth army, which already has reached the outskirts of Sacile. 15 miles east of the I'iave. The lotal of Austrian prisoners is ap proaciiing 49,®<V. Pace Great Ditficultie-i Apparently the Austria*! forces which were alone the Piave wrill have great difficulty in reaching the hills eat t of me Ironxo. They have been separated from the armien in the mountain-5 west of the Piave ami the allies already threaten their rear from the region of Vittorio. Along the lower Piave. the Italian third army has cros. «•! ’hr river and taken up the pursuit. In the • • enter the Italians have taken (Mcrzo. while further north they have advanc ed beyond Vittorio in the direction of llelluno. Through Harrow ••Hallway” .m across the plains over p* th a 35 miles l«etwe®n the Piave and the Isonzo, the Austrians rush backward: as through a narrow hallway, walked In on the north by the f'arr.ic Alps and on the south by the Adriatic. From the manner in which the allies have driven in their wedge east o' the Piave. it apparently is the intention to out flank the Austrians on the north in the; foothills of the Alps and crush them trom both the north and the west. The situation of the Austrians guard ing tne Trentino pass along the front - from the west of Lake Garda to the Piave also is becoming sewoim. Re tween the Brenta and th® Piave the ■ fifteen Austrian divisions operating there have been cut off by the capture) nf Vadal pass. Elsewhere on this front she Austrians must retreat northward through the Alps with the Italians.l British and French pressing hard at ! their heels. Ts. as reported, the I tai-, ans ar® attacking from Steltvo south- ' •vard to Lake Garda as well as eastward front th" lake the allies h’t g t ’he familiar, pinedr movement it- the Trent! no. Austrian troops also are retiring from (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) Full Associated Press Service OHIO TROOPS ARE IN CONTACT WITH FLEEING AUSTRIANS WITH THE~ITALiAN ARMIES IN THE FIELD. Oct. 31.—General Treat’s Ohio troops are in contact with the Austrians east of the Piave. AMI Hit AN AIRMEN DOWNED 21 HUN PLANES WEDNESDAY WASHINGTON. Oct. 31.—Heavy artil lery fire on the American front east of the Meuse and destruction of 21 en emy airplanes Wednesday, was reported ty Get eral Pershing today. "On the Verdun front the day was marked by heavy artillery fire east of the Meuse.” said Wednesday evening's communique. "An enemy raid on our lities east of Beaumont was repulsed. Patrols were again active and brought in prisoners. "Ou: putsui. , .1 : . s operating on the frent of flic first army shot down 21 Meitf ; .rpi a and two observation balloo.is. Two or our machines are missing." AMERICANS OF 3352 ND AIDING iN ITALIAN DRIVE KOML, oct. 3C. —(Night. > —American troops, composed of tin Three Hundred ..nd Thirty-second regiment, are co-oper ating with the Italians, British and French in the lighting em t of the Piave, 'it was announced by the Italian war of tice tonight. Austrian prisoners since Thursday, October 24, total 53,000, including 802 officers. “"ur offensive extended southward erday (Tuesday*, trom the middle Pfave.’’ the comruumque said. “A third army has now entered the battle. On the front front Uretna to the sea three-fourths of the. Italian armv ar® ante tlghting in comradeship with r gallar t French division and the young and daring fhree Hundred and Thirty-second American infantry regi ment. •Between the Brenta and the Pivve. .♦he bitter ; ex‘stance of the enemy, aid ed • v tresh reserves, has for six days m-i<’i *he struggle particularly fierce. ♦ inc io our pressur® and we re ove-- oming - ;■•••'•'< lines of resistance. "In the Grappa re-ticn our fou-'h armv yisterd iv gained advantage in the region . Mont Pert’.-.i tr.d <'<>' d-1 OraO. , "Astride the Piave we have reached the outskirts of Qttero, wrested 'Seguxi no from the en< my and carried the • heights of Mont <*'ozcn ••W« occupied the defile of Foliina, rea< ■ ■<! Vittorio . nd are fighting north : of t'onegliano. ”We established bridgeheads oi. the Monticano. passed beyond the Connglia ’ no-i'Merzo road and crossed ‘.he Piave at San l>on.i di Piave and east of Zen son. "Four hostile planes and one balloon were brought down. **We have taken prisoners since Oc tober 21, R rt 2 officers and 32f!93 men and i have captured several hundred guns. "In Albania wc occupied San Gio vanni di Medua and are advancing to ! word Scutari ” YMERK’AXS IX ITALY TRAINED AT CANID SHERMAN WASHINGTON. Oct. 31.—The Three ■ Hundred and Thirty-second infantry, .mentioned in dispatches as participating in the great offensive on the Italian front, trained at Vamp Sherman, O. ■ Thev are command®'! b’ Major Charles ) I G. Treat. APPEAL TO PEOPLE OF CITIES TO HELP FARMERS IN FIELD Following up the recent appeal to ! Georgia farmers to plant an increased ; acreage of wheat and other small grains, I the State Council of Defense on Thurs- I day issued a bulletin declaring that the 1 labor shortage has made it necessary for farmers in every community to co-oper ate with one another in clearing up harvested cotton and corn to prepare the fields for winter grain, and urging the people in the towms to assist the far mers by working in the fields. It is also suggested that every farm tractor should be kept continuously at work to its maximum capacity. The information and suggestions contained in the bulletin are regarded by Governor Dorsey as being of the utmost importance. The bulletin follows: “The State Council of Defense is in receipt of rather disquieting information as to the acreage which is going to be planted in wheat in this state this fall Never has the need for increased wheat production been more acute. The de mand for food will be heavier than ever in 1919. Military conditions will not alter this fact at all. “In the next six weeks Georgia must plant an increased acreage in wheat if it can be done by any possible means. This means that every available agency must be put to work. Corn and cotton are reported in the fields yet at some r'-QWT These crops must be removed ani the land put into shape for cultiva tion. People living in towns and villa ges must co-operate in every way possi ble with the farmers to harvest what crops are already made. These crops must be removed from the fields and p.ut into storage. All the labor that can possibly be spared should be sent to the farms for the next 30 days to plant as large an acreage of wheat and oats as possible. 'lt may be necessary to organize some help in various towns and villages to accomplish this purpose. The demand for iV&r grows marg pAit.-aud. its a large exTent tnis problem must be met and solved locally. • “County councils of defense should have a careful survey of the situation in their counties and help in every way possible. The number of tractors in each county should be ascertained by the lo cal county council of defense and should be put to work as far as possible. Pri vate owners of tractors, if requested, we feel sure will help in every possible manner so as to substitute this labor sating machinery for farm help. Far mers in every community should en deavor to get together and as far as pos sible help each other and to use all the available tractors in the state, both in plowing and in harrowing. “This is a vital need in Georgia to day and we hope very much that the people of the state will respond to this appeal. "An appeal signed by the governor of the state, the commissioner of agricul- (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) Cl *1 XT For The Semi. 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DELIBERAWdS AT VERSAILLES MEETING I CLOTHED IN SECRECY 5 - No Definite Announcements I ; Will Be Made Until Armis • tice Conference Comes Out I With Full United Statement o|t. 31.—Positive ! facts about the Versailles conference,, i now straightening out war aims and ! armistice were clothed ■ in secrecy today. The general understanding here is that no definite announcements will be made until the conference comes forth : with a full, united statement of agree ment on President Wilson’s fourteen ; points and, perhaps, simultaneously, with armistice terms. » Reports that the armistice terms al ready had been sent to Germany caused surprise here. There is a growing feeling here that there will be acceptance of the terms. 1 However, it is pointed out that there i are three courses Germany may pur sue when these terms come out, namely: Three German Courses 1 First, reject them completely and con i tinue the war. Second, accept them and end the war. Third, protest loudly and either try to p’stir her people .fa'priws 16)1 war. of seek” to bargain over terms. The third course is one which many here foresee as the most likely. Wheth er her protestations would end in com i promise or in German acceptance are j questions only the future knows. While the president has declared for open door diplomacy, there are some symptoms of applying the secret variety to the Versailles session, though it is assumed publicity will come eventually. The reason for the present secrecy is said to oe that the nations involved do not want to forewarn Germany and give I her a chance to prepare propaganda off ; setting the allied determinations. Notes have been coming so thick and i fast that even Secretary Lansing is (Contlnned on Page 3, Column 2.) I VARIOUS ARMISTICE TERMS SUGGESTED TO PARALYZE HUNS PARIS, Oct. 31.—Deputy Boussenot. member of the naval committee of the chamber, urged today that the armistice terms include: Allied control of the U-boats. Removal of all marine mines. Occupation of Cuxhaven, Heligoland, Pola and Cattaro. Taking over all German tonnage- in neutral ports at partial replacement of the 10.000,000 tons of allied shipping sunk by German submarines. In an editorial discussing armistice terms. L’lnformation suggests the fol lowing conditions: "Internationalization of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles. “The occupation of enemy ports on the Adriatic. “The surrender of Austrian warships. “The right to the use of Austrian war ships. "The right to usg Austro-Hungarian railway lines. “The evacuation of Alsace-Lorraine and territories wrongly occupied in the east and west. “The surrender of arms, munitions and submarines. “The occupation of fortresses and bridges along the Rhine and of Luxem bourg and Fssen. “The occupation of Kiel 'tnd Ham burg. “The removal of mines from territo rial waters. “The delivery, as a preliminary com pensation for damages, of part of the enemv merchant marine. “The cessation of manufacturing for war purnoses ’ Big U. S. Guns and Planes Bombard Huns WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN. Oct. 30. LNoon.l —CB* the PressJ Talcing advantage of a clear day, Afner ican aerial bombers started out early today and attacked various enemy mll itnrv obiectives west of the Meuse. The big American guns also were ac tive bombarding cross-roads and rail wav junctions far and wide within the region of the previous bombardment of objectives behind the enemy lines. Daily Demonstrations Against Kaiser Held GENEVA. Oct. 31. —Demonstrations against the kaiser are being staged daily throughout Germany, according to ad vices received today. Speaking Sunday at the Schumann circus, Dr. Haase, minority Socialist leader, violently assailed Wilhelm, while his audience wildly cheered. Frequent demands are made for ab dication of the whole Hohenzollern fam ily. OTTOMAN GOVERNMENT AGREES 10 ARMISTIGE AS PLANNED BI ALLIES LONDON, Oct. 31. —The Austrian commander on the Italian front has applied to General Diaz, the Italian commander-in-chief, for an armistice, the Exchange Telegraph company states. The application, the newspaper adds, has been forwarded to the Ver sailles conference. LONDON, Oct. 31.—1 P. M. — (By the Associated Press.) —Turkey has agreed to an armistice. Turkey has surrendered unconditionally. The British government, Reuter’s Limited says, today received definite proposals of peace from Turkey. Reuter’s agency has been informed that Great Britain has officially re ceived definite peace proposals from Turkey which are regarded as tanta mount to unconditional surrender. ' The Turkish armistice took effect at noon today. The actual terms of Turkey’s peace proposals had not yet reached Lon don in the early afternoon. LONDON, Oct. 31. —British representatives concluded an armistice with Turkey at Salonika at noon today, according to authoritative information received here. The terms are said to include free passage of the Dardanelles and to be such that it will be impossible for Turkey to resume hostilities. Turkey is nus definitely out of the -war. • Turkey approached Great Britain for the purpose of bringing about an early separate peace. The armistice was the result. The British officials, it was stated, on high authority, had been expect ing Turkey to surrender on the battlefield. . / PARIS, Oct. 31.—Communication between Agram and Fiume and Budapest and Vienna has been totally interrupted. The Czecho-Slovaks have cut the railroad between Berlin and Vienna near Bodenbach, and Ger man trains can go only as far as Schnadau, according to a Zurich dispatten to the Journal. Fiume is the principal seaport of Hungary. Agram is the capital of Croatia and Slavonia, and is situated near the Save river, 75 miles inland. Bodenbach, where the railroad between Berlin and Vienna has been cut, is a town in Bohemia near the Saxon frontier, and is situated on the Elbe river. AUSTRIA FORCED . TO FIGHT FOR LIFE, IF ANY IS LEFT BY J. W. T. MASON NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—T0 what ex tent the crumbling Hapsburg empire is I* repared to resist on its own soil be lore accepting the demand of the dem ocratic nations for unconditional sur render will be made known within a tew days. The withdrawal of the Austro-Hun garian armies from all ocupied terri tory, which has been ordered by the Vienna government, should permit the dual monarchy to form its lines afresh along its own frontier by the first of next week if the high army command follows the frantic directions of the civilian rulers. Thereafter what is left of Austro- Hungary will have definitely abandon ed all thought of conquest, and, If it continues the war, will be fighting sole ly against terms of unconditional sur render. The ability of the Hapsburg armies to prolong the struggle even for seif defense, is highly doubtful. The dis integrating forces now at work within the empire already made self-preserva tion impossible. Although Austro-Hungary continues to be thought of as one country, it is verv doubtful whether at this moment trie’ authorities at Vienna are the de facto government of the Hapsburg empire, or indeed whether a Hapsburg empire now exists ;n anything but name. These matters will become clearer when the troops of the dual monareny are behind their own boundary after abandoning Poland, Serbia and Italy. If a strong defensive can still be made ! under the Hapsburg nanner, the war in southern Europe will have to lie car ried well into the enemy’s territory. But if lovaltv to the imperial house has vanished with the defeat of the imperial armies, it will not be possible for Karl to inspire his troops to con tinue the strurrle for r. vanished sov ereignty. In that event November should see Austro-Hungary out of the wer and Germany isolated against the world. 40,000 German Soldiers Reported in Revolt STOCKHOLM. Oct. 31.—Forty thou sand German soldiers are reported to have revolted in the Ekaterineslav dis trict. 250 miles northeast of Odessa. They are said to have shot their officers and to be marching on Khat kofi. waving red dags. STOMACH TROUBLE OR TAPEWORM BANISHED Many persons who suffer from stom ach trouble really have a tapeworm and don't know it. A guaranteed remedy which has proven to be remarkably el fective in expelling tapeworm and giv ing quick relief in all forms of stom ach trouble is being sent ot. free trial by the Schoenherr Co., Dept. 55, Mil- 1 waukee. Wis. They guarantee it to re move. in less than one hour, any tape worm with its head —no pain, no diet ing, no danger; also to relieve any form of stomach trouble or it costs nothing, i Take advantage of their free trial offer. ' Write them today.—(Advt.) NUMBER 115. FOCH’S TRUCE TERMS REACH BERLIN, REPORT COPENHAGEN. Oct. 3 k—Marshal Foch’s armistice terms reached Berlin on Tuesday night, it is declared by the Vossische Zeitung. KAISER NOT OPPOSED TO EFORM CHANGES COPENHAGEN, Oct. 31.—Request was made by the Socialist members of the lower house of the German reichstag on i Tuesday that the ministry obtain the • : emperor’s consent to a change In the ' article of the constitution which gives ' him the right to make war and peace. Uite of the secretaries announced in the house on Wednesday that he had been authorized to declare that the emperor it. nowise opposed the change. ——— • A Copenhagen dispatch announced on October 17 that Germany’s federal council had accepted a proposed amend ment to the constitution, making it im perative that the consent of the federal council and tne reichstag be given be fore a declaration of war to be made in tne empire's name except in cases of in vasion or attacks on the coast. Another amendment to the constitution placed the power of the making of treaties of yeace and treaties with foreign states on the federal council and the reichstag. Prince Maximilian, the imperial chan cellor, announced in the reichstag on Oc tober 22 that a bill -had been prepared to become effective when the project for a league of nations should become op erative. It is probable that the fore going dispatch refers to some new de velopment in the effort being made to deprive the emperor of powers whrJi he has held hitherto. NO INFORMATION HERE ABOUT ARMtoTICE TERMS WASHINGION, Oct. 31.—N0 inrss niation hau reached Washington todaZ through either official or channels to indicate that the Ajuertcaii and allieu military representatives ra France had completed their work of Irani.ng terms upon which Germany inignt be granted an armistice. It was i ssutned the report oi the arrival of Marshal Foch’s terms at Berlin Tuesday referred to in a Copenhagen dispatch, quoting tne Berlin Vossische Zeitung, uus based upon press uispatcacs of Tuesday from London purporting to otul.ne wiiat would be demanded of Germany. The note, addressed to Ambassador Riano, follows; "I did not fail to lay before the president the note which you addressed hint on the 14th instant, and handed to me on that dale. “Acting under the instructions of jour government you inclosed with tiiat note the tex of a communication received b>’ the minister for fore gn. .■ffairs of Spain, from the charge d’af faires of Turkey at Madrid on October 12, in which the good offices of the gov ernment of Spain were sought to bring to the attention of the president the request o ithe imperial Ottoman gov ernment that he take upon himself the task of the re-establishment of peace, and that he notify all belligerent states of the request, and invite them to dele gate plenipotentiaries to initiate nego tiations. the imperial Ottoman govern ment accepting as a basis 4’or the neg<>- tiation the program laid down by the president in his message to congress of January 8. 1918, and in his subsequent declarations, especially his speech of September 27. It is further requested ■by the imperial Ottoman government I that steps, be taken for the immediate- (Continned on Page 3, Column 3.)